A to Z of ocean literacy

Ocean literacy is defined as “an understanding of the ocean's influence on you and your influence on the ocean”.

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A-G

Antarctica

Lesson plans

• Antarctica education resources
• Antarctic Whales

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Biology of a fish

Slides

• Body shapes of fishes and adaptations
• What is a fish?

Lesson plans

• Body shapes of fishes and adaptations
• What is a fish?

Activities

• Scientific keys for fish adaptations
• Fishy worksheet
• Local Fish Spotty Worksheet
• Local Fish Worksheet
• What is a fish field trip
• Book a virtual fish visit from the National Aquarium of New Zealand
• What is a fish?

Bycatch

Slides

• Sustainable fishing
• Environmental impacts of fishing (MSC Principle 2)

Films

• Bycatch and how it can be managed
• Marine habitat and species protection

Activities

• Unsustainable fishing cards
• Bycatch in a bucket
• Bycatch field trip

Climate change and fishing

Lesson planning

• Climate and ocean

Films

• Fishing for Solutions – the Climate Catastrophe: The Time for Action is Now

Reading

• Introduction to climate change and fishing

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Commercial fishing

Slides

• Business of fishing today
• Future challenges and opportunities
• Exploration, innovation and enterprise

Lesson plans

• Business of fishing today
• Future challenges and opportunities
• Exploration, innovation and enterprise

Films

• Precision Seafood Harvesting
• Gravity Fishing
• Traceability: 24-hour fish
• Innovation - We're fishing smarter

Reading

• Beating bird bycatch

Consumerism

Slides

• Taking action: consumer choice

Lesson plans

• Taking action: consumer choice

Activities

•  Continuum activity - the power of consumer choice

Deepwater fish

Slides

• What is a fish?

Film

• Living on the ocean floor

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

Slides

• EEZ and the laws of the sea

Lesson plans

• EEZ and the laws of the sea

Reading

• NZ maritime zones and boundaries map
• Global EEZ boundaries interactive map

Activity

• EEZ and the laws of the sea

Fishery

Slides

• Overfishing

Reading

• What is a fishery

Film

• What is a fishery explained

Fishing methods

Slides

• Fishing methods

Lesson plans

• Fishing methods

Activities

• Fishing methods worksheet
• Fishing methods cards

Fisheries management

Slides

• Well managed fisheries
• Traditional fisheries management

Lesson plans

• Well managed fisheries
• Traditional fisheries management

Reading

• What is a fishery
• Te Kaitiaki Toheroa (NZ Geo)

Film

• The fishery is well managed
• Guardianship (& kaitiakitanga)
• Toheroa: Kaitiakitanga & sustainable fishing

Activities

• Te Kaitiaki Toheroa Worksheet

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Fisheries science

Slides

• Scientists and Maximum Sustainable Yield

Lesson plans

• Scientists and Maximum Sustainable Yield

Film

• Working as a fisheries observer

Activities

• Go Fish! Game

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Ghost gear

Slides

• Ghost fishing in a plastic ocean

Reading

• Plastics NZ FAQ

Activities

• Plastic Oceans: Viewpoints Worksheet
• Plastic Oceans: Group Project Outline
• Ocean plastic simulator

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Hoki fishing

Slides

• Kaitiakitanga and sustainability

Lesson plans

• Kaitiakitanga and sustainability

Reading

• NZ hoki fishery story

Video

• Sustainable fishing: hoki quota cuts

Activities

• Kaitiakitanga Worksheet
• Value card statements
• Aspects of Sustainability Activity

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Human impacts of fishing

Slides

• Environmental impacts of fishing

Lesson plans

• Environmental impacts of fishing

Film

• Marine habitat and species protection

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Human rights at sea

Slides

• Slavery at sea

Lesson plans

• Slavery at sea

Reading

• MSC position on forced and child labour

Film

• Tackling human rights at sea

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Illegal fishing

Slides

• Illegal fishing

Lesson plans

• Illegal fishing
  

Reading

• The hunt for pirates who illegally caught toothfish
• Global Fishing Watch map

Activities

• Illegal fishing worksheet

Films

• Illegal fishing of toheroa
• Indonesia tackling illegal fishing
• About Global Fishing Watch

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Kaitaki / Kaitiakitanga

Slides

• Importance of the sea
• Well managed fisheries
• Traditional fisheries management
• Kaitiakitanga and sustainability

Lesson plan

• Traditional fisheries management
• Kaitiakitanga and sustainability

Reading

• Te Kaitiaki Toheroa (NZ Geo)
• Whaitere (kaitiakitanga story)
• New Zealand Hoki story

Activities

• Kahoot quiz: Whaitere story
• Te Kaitiaki Toheroa Worksheet
• Value statement cards
• Aspects of sustainability

Films

• Guardianship (& kaitiakitanga)
• Toheroa: Kaitiakitanga & sustainable fishing

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Laws of the sea

Slides

• Scientists and Maximum Sustainable Yield

Lesson plan

• Scientists and Maximum Sustainable Yield
  

Activities

• Kahoot quiz: My Dad the Fisherman

Films

• Sustainable fishing explained

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Marine habitats

Slides

• Marine habitats

Lesson plan

• Marine habitats

Activities

• Marine habitats cards

Films

• Overfishing explained

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Marine Stewardship Council

Reading

• The MSC vision and mission

Films

• What is the MSC and why is certified sustainable seafood important?

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MSC blue fish tick

Slides

• MSC blue fish tick label

Lesson plan

• MSC blue fish tick label
  

Film

• What is the MSC and why is certified sustainable seafood important?

Activities

• Oceans at risk worksheet
• Kahoot! Quiz: Oceans at risk
• Supermarket survey sheets

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Maximum sustainable yield

Slides

• Scientists and Maximum Sustainable Yield

Lesson plan 

• Scientists and Maximum Sustainable Yield

Activities

• Kahoot quiz: My Dad the Fisherman

Films

• Sustainable fishing explained

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N-Z

Overfishing

Slides

• Overfishing

Lesson plan

• Overfishing

Reading

• Overfishing explained
  

Activities

• Overfishing cards
• Prior knowledge overfishing chart
  

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Orange roughy

Slides

• Sustainable fishing: orange roughy

Lesson plan

• Sustainable fishing: orange roughy

Reading

• Orange roughy: The extraordinary turnaround
• The Story of Orange Roughy
  

Activities

• Orange roughy worksheet
  

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Pelagic fish

Film

• Fish Bait Ball in Open Water | Blue Planet | BBC Earth
  

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Plastics in the ocean

Slides 

• Plastic Ocean

 Activities

• Plastic ocean worksheet
• Group project plastic ocean
  

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Quota Management System (QMS)

Slides

• Quota Management System

Lesson plan

• Quota Management System

Film

• World-leading
• Sustainable oceans and seas

Activities

• QMS worksheet
• Sustainable oceans and seas worksheet
• Kahoot! Quiz: Sustainable oceans and seas

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Rahui & Kaitiakitanga

Slides

• Traditional fisheries management

Lesson plan

• Traditional fisheries management

Film

• Guardianship (& kaitiakitanga)
• Toheroa: Kaitiakitanga & sustainable fishing

Reading

• Te Kaitiaki Toheroa (NZ Geo)
  

Activities

• Te Kaitiaki Toheroa Worksheet
  

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Recreational fishing

Slides

• Taking action: fishing

Lesson plan

• Taking action: fishing

Activities

• Customary and recreational fishing worksheet
• Fishing rules
  

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Sustainable fishing

Slides

• Sustainable fishing

Lesson plan

• Sustainable fishing

Film

• Sustainable fishing explained
• The MSC Fisheries Standard

Reading

• Sustainable fishing explained
  

Activities

• Unsustainable fishing cards
• Kahoot! Quiz: My Dad the Fisherman
  

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Supply chain

Slides

• Seafood supply chain

Lesson plan

• Seafood supply chain
• Traceable seafood supply chain

Film

• Ocean to plate: A journey into the seafood supply chain
• LeeFish story of ocean to plate in 36 hours
• No to fish fraud
  

Activities

• From ocean to plate worksheet
• Diagram: Fishwise seafood supply chain diagram
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Trawling

Slides

• Fishing methods

Lesson plan

• Fishing methods

Film

• Bottom trawling
• Mid Water trawling

Reading

• Bottom trawling
• Pelagic trawling

Activities

• Tricky trawling game
• Fishing methods cards
• Fishing methods worksheet

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